SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Assistant Professor of Communication
Assistant Professor of Modern African and/or Middle Eastern History
Assistant Professor of Communication
The Communication program at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, invites applications for a tenure-track position as assistant professor of speech communication beginning August 2009. A Ph.D. is required, college teaching experience preferred.
The Communication major offers a broad-based program focused on the theory and practice of effective oral, written, and mediated communication, preparing over 100 majors for careers including corporate and professional communication, advertising, public relations, education, research, media production and journalism.
The position requires excellence in teaching and scholarship, as well as involvement in college and departmental service. Course load is three classes per semester. Teaching responsibilities include courses in speech communication (such as introductory and advanced public speaking, beginning and advanced small group communication and leadership, as well as courses in candidate’s area of specialization).
Penn State Behrend is a comprehensive four-year and residential college of Penn State in Erie, PA. The college prides itself on the balance it achieves between teaching and research. Located on a beautiful, wooded hilltop campus, Penn State Behrend offers its 4500 undergraduate and graduate students an inspiring and technologically-advanced environment characterized by close student/faculty interaction. For more information about the college and communication program, please visit our Web site (www.behrend.psu.edu).
Please send 1) a letter of application that explains philosophy of teaching and teaching and research experience; 2) curriculum vita; 3) graduate transcripts; 4) evidence of teaching effectiveness; and 5) three letters of recommendation to the following address:
Chair, Communication Search Committee
Box WB, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
170 Irvin Kochel Center
4951 College Drive
Erie, PA 16563-1501
Or electronically at: HSSjobs@psu.edu
Review of applications will begin Nov. 1 and continue until the position is filled. Please indicate your availability to interview at NCA San Diego.
Assistant Professor of Modern African and/or Middle Eastern History
The History program at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, invites applications for a tenure-track position as assistant professor of modern African and/or Middle Eastern history, beginning August, 2009. The position requires excellence in teaching and scholarship, as well as involvement in college and departmental service. Course load is three classes (usually no more than two course preps) per semester. Responsibilities include teaching survey courses, as well as courses in area of specialization. Ph.D. required by August 2009 for appointment to assistant professor. College teaching experience preferred.
Penn State Behrend is a comprehensive four-year and residential college of Penn State University in Erie, PA. The college prides itself on the balance it achieves between teaching and research. Located on a beautiful, wooded hilltop campus, Penn State Behrend offers its 4500 undergraduate and graduate students an inspiring and technologically-advanced environment characterized by close student/faculty interaction. For more information about the college and history program, please visit our Web site (www.behrend.psu.edu).
Please send letter of application, curriculum vitae, graduate transcripts, evidence of teaching effectiveness, writing sample, and three letters of recommendation to:
Chair, History Search Committee
Box WB, School of Humanities & Social Sciences
Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
4951 College Drive
Erie, PA 16563-1501
Review of applications will begin October 10, 2008 and continue until the position is filled.
Penn State Behrend is a comprehensive four-year residential college of Penn State in Erie, PA. The college prides itself on the balance it achieves between teaching and research. Located on a beautiful, wooded hilltop campus, Penn State Behrend offers its 4200 undergraduate and graduate students an inspiring and technologically-advanced environment characterized by close student/faculty interaction. For more information about the college and major, please visit our Web site at www.behrend.psu.edu.
Two-academic career couples may be interested to know that in addition to the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Penn State Behrend also has a School of Business, a School of Science, and a School of Engineering and Engineering Technology. All of these schools, as well as the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, have openings for the upcoming academic year. In the area as well are Allegheny College, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Gannon University, and Mercyhurst College.
Penn State is committed to affirmative action, equal opportunity, and the diversity of its workforce.
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